An alarm isn't always a bad thing!
I'm guessing that not many people love an alarm...I know I don't in the morning and would love to just wake up on my own daily. However, my husband does want to get to work and work out before so that rarely gets to happen. I digress though...

I have discovered a way that an alarm or sudden sound from my phone or oven clock is a sound that I like and one that helps me...so I'm going to share it.

It's not rocket science and possibly you already do this so I'm not sharing anything new for you. However, I've found that it's SO helpful for me and it just might be so for you too!

What am I talking about? Setting an alarm or a timer to get things done or to remind yourself to do something. I'll give you some examples...

- We had our bathroom completely redone two summers ago and had a fan put in the shower to help suck up some of the moisture so it's not so hard to keep clean. We try to keep it on as long as possible, but all day isn't good or necessary and that's happened several times. So, now I set a timer on my phone to go off...when it does I go into the bathroom and turn off the fan.

- I've got to meet my husband somewhere in just a few minutes and I wondered what I could do during the time between getting back from the store and going to meet him. Well, I knew I wanted to write a blog post, so I've set my timer for when I need to leave and sat down to write. Then I don't have to worry about being late. I'll just leave when it goes off...I can always finish this post later when I get back home.

I'm not kidding...my alarm I had set off went off just as I finished the above paragraph! I'm back and since my computer was opened to this and I had started...of course I'm going to finish. So this proves the point exactly of why setting a timer can be a great thing! I can promise you I would not have felt like starting this now but I can definitely finish it!

One last way I use the timer...when I know I need to do something or tackle a project (clean out a drawer, fold a huge pile of laundry, clean off a counter, etc.) that I keep putting off; I set a timer for maybe 10-15 minutes and tell myself I'll work until it goes off. I do that and if I don't finish the task during that time, I rarely walk away once the timer goes off and don't finish what I've started. 

So, as you can see...setting a timer is a great way to get you started doing something you keep putting off and giving yourself a way to walk away and tackle it another time or finish it and realize it wasn't such an insurmountable task after all!

Now can you see why an alarm/timer on your phone isn't always a bad thing? There's rarely a day that goes by that I don't use this in some way! Hope it helps you as well.

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Meet Kara Mayfield

 

Several years ago I was so anxious about life and not handling it well and definitely not sleeping well. My shoulders stayed bunched up and there were days I did more yelling at my girls than encouraging them. No matter if I slept super well (rarely) or not...the afternoons were a black hole for me because I had no energy to do anything. I almost never had 2 productive days in a row because I would be too tired. 


During this same time period our youngest daughter was missing dozens of days of school each year because she got sick with every germ that entered our county it seemed. I was SO tired of getting calls to go get her at school. I was also so tired of being so tired! 


It got so bad, in fact, that I was sure one night I was having heart issues. I took myself to my doctor. He ran tests and quickly determined it wasn’t my heart but anxiety. I left his office with a prescription for meds and told this was just part of my life at this stage of life. I took these for a few weeks, maybe a couple of months, but took myself off because I’ve never been a fan of meds and couldn’t really tell they were helping a whole lot. I still wasn’t in a good place between this anxiety and then having a sick kid home so many days when she should have been at school. But I just decided to paint on a happy face and make do.


A blogger I regularly read started posting about how she was helping her family stay well and feel better. I was super intrigued and wanted to learn more. Since I didn’t know her, I asked around until I found someone I knew to answer my questions and educate me a bit. Once I learned a bit I was sold and ready to go. I’ll be honest though...I thought it was just a neat thing. I had NO IDEA it was going to help me and our family in so many life-changing ways.


I love that I don’t feel wound up tight anymore and can enjoy this life I have been blessed with. Our daughter doesn’t miss school for being sick anymore. In fact, she’s on her 2nd or 3rd year of no missed days for being sick. I have so much more energy all day long and I’m sleeping so much better. I don’t have to paint on a happy face anymore...I actually feel happy and am positively thriving in so many areas of life now, not just surviving.


Guess what? My daughters are thriving too because our relationship is SO much better because they feel better but they are around a mama that is not yelling at them but being an encourager and positive motivator in their lives. It's made all the difference!

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